BOND, Henry (1871-1917) Barrow-in-Furness 1887; 1CL Kendal 1892; 1CL Lincoln 1894; 1CL Woolwich 1901; 1CL St Pancras 1905; CL Portsmouth (HAMPSHIRE) 1914-1917 He had a frustrated and unhappy life, ended by suicide, yet deserves to be remembered as having initiated four public library systems and to have been largely responsible for editing the LAR following the resignation of Henry Guppy in 1903 and up to the time of his own death. J G Ollé ‘Prayers at Highgate’ (LR 21, pp351-356)
b. 23.11.1871 Barrow-in-Furness
Kendal Jan. 1892-Nov. 1894
Lincoln from Nov. 1894
pres. of North Midland Library Association (YB 1897, 166; 1900, 158)
Barrow-in-Furness 1887; 1CL Kendal 1892; 1CL Lincoln 1894; 1CL Woolwich 1901; 1CL St Pancras 1905; CL Portsmouth (HAMPSHIRE) 1914-1917
He had a frustrated and unhappy life, ended by suicide, yet deserves to be remembered as having initiated four public library systems and to have been largely responsible for editing the LAR following the resignation of Henry Guppy in 1903 and up to the time of his own death.
J G Ollé ‘Prayers at Highgate’ (LR 21, pp351-356)
b. 23.11.1871 Barrow-in-Furness
Kendal Jan. 1892-Nov. 1894
Lincoln from Nov. 1894
pres. of North Midland Library Association
(YB 1897, 166; 1900, 158)